A magistrate was on Tuesday locked in his chamber by irate advocates who demanded that he be disqualified for allegedly conducting a Lok Adalat with the aid of a lawyer expelled by Tamil Nadu Bar Council.

A Delhi court has refused to order lodging of an FIR in a property dispute matter, saying its "discretion powers cannot be exercised in a mechanical manner" and "magisterial court is not bound to direct investigation".

A First Class Judicial
Magistrate had a narrow escape when an unidentified person
shot at him soon after he left the court and was going towards
his home at Bareilly, 100 kms away from here, police said
on Saturday.